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  • MCN Member Spotlight: Eagle Bluff

    This is part of a series highlighting MCN members across the state, featuring a vast array of nonprofit focus areas, and celebrating the myriad ways nonprofits enrich lives. MCN member… Continue reading MCN Member Spotlight: Eagle Bluff


  • 2026 State & Federal Policy Actions – a comprehensive list

    Top takeaway: A comprehensive list of state and federal policy actions, listed in reverse chronological order, to help your nonprofit keep track of all the happenings. Find the 2025 list… Continue reading 2026 State & Federal Policy Actions – a comprehensive list


  • Guidance for federal law enforcement encounters at nonprofits

    Top takeaway: A sample policy to help your nonprofit prepare for potential Federal Law Enforcement encounters at your nonprofit. Preparation is the most important factor in avoiding mistakes and managing… Continue reading Guidance for federal law enforcement encounters at nonprofits


  • MCN Member Spotlight: Grand Marais Art Colony

    This is part of a series highlighting MCN members across the state, featuring a vast array of nonprofit focus areas, and celebrating the myriad ways nonprofits enrich lives. We recently… Continue reading MCN Member Spotlight: Grand Marais Art Colony


  • Partial federal government shutdown over: updates

    Top takeaway: Congress and the White House enacted bipartisan legislation on Feb. 3 to reopen and fund key federal agencies, ending a four-day partial government shutdown. Temporary funding for DHS… Continue reading Partial federal government shutdown over: updates


  • Actions of solidarity for friends and allies outside Minnesota

    Top takeaway: For our non-Minnesotan friends, thank you for your outreach and outpouring of support, and here are some tangible ways you can be in solidarity with the people of… Continue reading Actions of solidarity for friends and allies outside Minnesota


  • Resources: supporting community during ICE operations

    Minnesota is once again facing a dark moment. Our state is undergoing what the federal department of Homeland Security has called the “largest scale immigration operation ever,” an onslaught that… Continue reading Resources: supporting community during ICE operations


  • Supporting immigrants in this time of grief

    Minnesota is once again facing a dark moment. Our communities grieve the loss of life of Renee Nicole Good who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent… Continue reading Supporting immigrants in this time of grief


  • 2025 Pulse Check Report

    Top takeaway: Nonprofits continue to struggle with increased demand and decreased funding at the close of 2025. After a year of upheaval for many nonprofits, MCN decided to take a… Continue reading 2025 Pulse Check Report